Title: Critical Theory and Culture in the Practice of Historical Geography: A British Perspective
Abstract: This commentary arises out of an invitation to participate as a panel discussant at the Practicing Historical Geography Sessions at the March 2002 AAG Annual Meeting in Los Angeles. The session organizers asked panelists to consider the different historiographic practices through which historical geography in North America and the United Kingdom has been defined. In this brief response, I wish to make three related points from the perspective of British historical geography, bearing in mind that these might not always be applicable to debates in the North American (or other) context(s). First, the incorporation of critical theory into historical geography continues to inspire suspicion from those who ascribe to more “traditional” approaches but this ignores the fact that historical geography has always been an interdisciplinary endeavor; second, the term “cultural historical geography” is problematic if used to signal the simplistic incorporation of a “cultural studies” approach rather than to connect the changes in historical geography to broad, fundamental changes in historical studies; and third, critical historiographies should not necessarily prevent normative statements about progress within historical geography.
Publication Year: 2003
Publication Date: 2003-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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